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MOTION COUNTER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, I915.

I Patented Jan. 4,1916.

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A YTORIVEYS wjR. AYARS & B. M.- ANDERSON.

MOTION COUNTER. APPLICATION mm APR.23, I915.

1,167,250. I I Patentd Jan. 4,1916.

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MOTION COUNTER.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 23, 1915.

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I MO TION-COUN'I'ER To all whom it may concern Be it known thatwe,VVALLAOE R. AYARsand BURT M. ANDERSON, both citizens of the UnitedStates, and residents of Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of NewYork,

have invented a new and Improved Motion 1 Counter, of which thefollowing is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved motioncounter for convenient application to a moving part of a machine, themotions of which are to be counted, and arranged to indicate the numberof motions made by the moving member of a machine and at the same timeregistering the time during which the motions are counted. y

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a motionindicator, driving means for the said motion indicator and adapted to bedriven from the moving machine member, a time indicator, a motor for thesame; and manually or automatically controlled connecting means adaptedsimultaneously to connect the said driving means with the said motionindicator and the said motor with the said time indicator simultaneouslyto start, stop and reset the said motion indicator and the said timeindicator.

A practical embodiment of the invention.

is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in

which similar characters of reference'indiv of the same on the line 5--5of Fig. 6; Fig. 6

is a sectional side elevation of the same; Fig. 7 is a perspective viewof the controlling lever for the motion indicator; and Fig. 8 is asimilar View of the controlling lever for the time indicator.

In the drawings, the motion counter is illustrated to count therevolutions of a shaft or other rotating part of a machine and is shownas having manually controlled means for starting, stopping andresetting, but we do not limit ourselves to this particular applicationor constructionof the counter as the same may be applied to and used onreciprocating or otherwise moving parts of Specification of LettersPatent.

thereof in a given time or may be constructed with either manually orautomatically controlled means for starting, stopping, or resetting. 4

The motion counter is mounted on a suit-' ably constructed casing A inwhich is journaled a shaft B having one end B extending Patented Jan.4,1916. Application filed A ril 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,371. i 7

1 machines or devices for counting the motions beyond the casing forengagement with a shaft or other moving member, themotions of which areto be counted. When. the motion counter is applied the shaft B moves inuiison'with the machine member. On the shaft B is. secured or formed aworm B in mesh with a worm wheel B having one hundred teeth so that theworm wheel B? makes one revolution to one hundred revolutions of theworm B -and its shaft B. The worm 'wheel B is connected or otherwisesecured With a gear wheel D or adapted to be moved in mesh with thesame, as hereinafter more fully explained. .The gear wheel D is securedto a hollow shaft or spindle D carrying at its upper end a pointer Dindicating on a circular graduation' E on a dial E held in the upper endofthe casing and visible Y through a cover A attached to the casing andmade of glassor other diaphanous material. The gear wheels B and D areof the same diameter and likewise the pinions C and C so that when theworm wheel B makesone revolution the pointer -D likewise makes a singlerevolution. The graduation E has one hundred equal marks so that thepointer D readily indicates the number of revolutions made by the worm BThe gear wheel 13 is in mesh with a gear wheel F (see Fig. 2) formingone of a train of gear wheels F, F, F F F, F?, F, F, and F journaled inthe casin g, and of which 'the last gear wheel F 8 of the train of gearwheels is at all times in mesh with a pinion G (see Figs. 2 and 5)secured on a pinion shaft G provided with a second pinion G normally outof mesh with a gear wheel G but adapted to be thrown in mesh with thisgear wheel, as hereinafter more fully explained. The gear wheel G issecured on the hub H of a heart-shaped cam H secured to the lower end ofa hollow shaft or spindle D extending through the spindle D and providedat its upper end with a pointer D graduation E whenever the pointer Dcompletes a revolution. As shown in Fig; 1, the pointers D and D*indicate that the worm B and its shaft B have made 812 revolutions.

The upper ends of the shafts C- and G (see Fig. 5) are hemispherical andengage corresponding bearings in the partition A to allow a slightswinging motion of the shafts C and G with a view to move the gearwheels G G in or out of mesh with the corresponding gear wheels D andGt. The lower ends of the shafts C and G are journaled in a controllinglever I (see Figs. 2, and T) fulcrumed at I on a partition A formingpart of the casing A. The free end I of the controlling lever I engagesthe peripheral face of a cam wheel J secured on the upper end of a shaftJ ournaled in suitable hearings on the partition A A spring I (see Fig.2) is attached to the partition A and bears on the controlling lever Ito hold the free end I thereof in engagement with the peripheral face ofthe cam wheel J. On the shaft J (see'Figs. 4 and 6) is secured a ratchetwheel J engaged by a spring-pressed pawl J held on the arm J ofa bellcrank lever mounted to swing loosely on the shaft- J as the fulcrum andhaving its other arm J 5 extending between two collars K and K securedon a shaft K,.mouhted to turn and to slide in a suitable bearing Aarranged on the peripheral face of the casing A. The outer end of theshaft K is provided with a knob K under the control of the operator forthereof causes the pawl J to rotate the ratchet wheel J 2 in thedirection of the arrow (1 whereby a liketurning movement is given to theshaft J and the cam wheel J. The rotation given to the cam wheel Jcauses the free end I of the controlling lover I to drop into a notch inthe adjacent tooth of the cam wheel so that the lever I is caused to Thetrain of gear swing inwardly by the action of its spring I thus carryingthe shafts C and G along and thereby moving the pinions C and (i in meshwith the corresponding gear wheels D and G to rotate the spindles D andD and,

to move the pointers D and D'* to indicate on the graduations E and E'-,as previously explained. lVhen the operator releases the pressure on theknob K then the spring K returns the shaft K to an outermost positionand in doing so the collars K, K cause a returning swinging movement ofthe arms J J* of the bell crank lever and the pawl J 3 glides over theback of one tooth of the ratchet wheel J 2 to engage the front of thetooth. \Vhen the knob K is pressed a second tune in an inward directionthen the cam wheel J is again rotated to impart a return or outwardswinging movement to the lever I thereby moving the pinions C and G outof mesh with, the gear wheels D and G to stop the further movement ofthe pointers -D and D". r i

In orderto return the pointers D 'and D to zero position on thegraduationsll and the following arrangement is made: Directly above theheart-shaped cam H is arranged a second heart-shaped cam H", and saidheartshaped cam H is fastened to the lower end of the spindle D. Theperipheral faces of the heart-shaped cams H and H are engaged by thefree end L of a resetting lever L, fulcrumed at If on the partition A"and pressed on by a spring L to hold the free end L in engagement withthe peripheral face of the cams H and H (see Fig. 2). The resettinglever L is provided with a tooth If engaging the peripheral face of thecam wheel J so that the resetting lever L is controlled by' the movementof the cam wheel J. During the time the knob K is pressed twice as abovedescribed the tooth L" moves out of the notch of the cam wheel J ontothe peripheral face of a tooth and along the same to near the endthereof, to swing the reset ting lever outward into inactive position toallow free rotation of the cams H, l] and their spindles D? and D. lVhenthe knob K is pressed a third time and the cam wheel J rotates then thenext notch moves into register with the tooth L, and the resetting leverL is now caused to swing inward by the action of its spring L, and indoing so it acts on the cams H and H to return the same to normalposition. This return movement of the cams H and H causes a returnmovement of the spindles D and D" whereby the pointers D and D arereturned. to zero position.

By reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 1%, it will be noticed that the camwheels J and J are each provided with five teeth while the ratchet wheelhas fifteen teeth. lience three operations of the knob 1 are necessaryto g a complete cycle of operations. On the first wheel J to the otherend thereof and duringthis time the tooth L drops. On the thirdoperation of the knob K the tooth.L is lifted and the free end I of thecontrolling lever I drops into the next following depression of the camwheel J.

A time indicator is used for indicating the exact time during which thepointers D and D* are moving and for this purpose use ismadeof twopointers or hands N and N adapted to indicate on annular graduations E Earranged on the dial E- con-' centric with .the graduations E and E Thegraduation E indicates sixty seconds and the graduation E sixty minutesand when the pointer N has completed one revo- I lution one minute haselapsed, and when the pointer N has made one complete revolution an hourhas elapsed. As shown in Fig.

A the pointers D D, N and N, as shown inFig. 1, indicate thatthe shaftB, and consequently the-rotating machine member,

.have each made 812. revolutions in 2' 1ninutes and 1 second.

. A motor in the form of a clockwork is used for moving the pointers orhands N and N, and is arranged as follows: The pointer N is secured on ashaft or spindle N extending through a, hollow shaft or spindle N Thespindle N is journaled intthe partition A and the shaft N has its lowerend journaled in a partition A forming part' of the casing A (see Fig.5). A spring barrel 0 is arranged in the casing between the partitions Aand A and it contains a helical spring 0 secured at its outer end to theinner face of the rim of the barrel and having its inner end attached toa shaft 0 ournaled in the partitions A A 0n the spring barrel 0 issecured or formed a gear wheel 0 in mesh with'a pinion P mounted torotate loosely on the lower end of the spindle N and attached to theupper face of a gear wheel P likewise loose on the spindles N (see Figs.4 and The pinion P andthe gear wheel P form parts of a train of gearwheels P P P P P, and I journaled in the casing A at the pasti tions Aand A. Thegear wheel P of this train. of gear wheels is geared with theusual escapement and b; ance mechanism Q, Q (see Fig. to pre ide anintermittent movement of the train of gear wheels. The gear wheel 'P" ofthe train of gear wheels is in mesh with a pinion R (see Figs. 4 and 5)secured on the lower end of a pinion shaft R providedwith a secondpinion R normally out of mesh with a gear wheel R but adapted to bemoved in mesh with the said gear wheel as hereinafter more fullyexplained. The gear wheel R is secured on the hub C of a heart-shapedcam S secured to the spindle or shaft N carrying the second hand orpointer l Directly above the heart-shaped cam S is arranged a secondheart-shaped cam S having its hub S secured to the spindle N carryingthe minute hand or pointer N, and on the hub S is secured agear wheel ,Snormally out of mesh with apinion T adapted 'to be moved in mesh withthe saidgear wheel 8", as hereinafter more fully explained. The pinion Tissecured on the upper end of a pinion shaft T provided near its lowerend with a second pinion' T in mesh at all timeswith the gear wheel P(see Figs. 4, 5 and 6). The

lower ends-of the pinion shafts R and T" are hemispherical and engagecorresponding bearings in the partitionA (see Fig. (3)

and the upper ends ofthe-said pinion shafts R, and T are journaled in alever U (see Figs. 3 and 8) fulcrumedat U on the .under side'of thepartition A. A spring U held on the partition A bears on the lever U soas to'hold the free end U of the said lever in engagement with theperipheral face of a cam wheel J similar to. the cam wheel J previouslymentioned, and likewise secured on-the shaft J to rotate with the sameas before stated. By the arrangement ,described the cam wheel J Gactuates the con trolling lever U in the same manner and simultaneouslywith the controller lever I so that the pinions R and T are movedsimultaneously in, and out of mesh with the gear wheels R, S .and at thesame time that the pinions G and G are moved in and out of mesh withtheir gear wheels D and G XVhen the pinions R and T are in mesh'witntheir gear wheels R and S then the spindles. N and N 'are driven inbarin engagement with the cam wheel J for returning the camsS and S toZero position whenever the knob K 1s pressed the third time, as'prevlously explained, so that the second and minute hands N and Nreturn to zero positlon simultaneously with the I pointersD and D.

,The spring 0 is adapted to be wound up from the shaft K on turning thelatter and for this purpose the following arrangement is made:- On thelower end of the shaft 0 that when the latter is rotated by the operatorturning the knob K then a rotary motion is given by the bevel gearWheels V,

,V to the shaft V which by the gear wheels V and V rotates the shaft 0to wind up the spring 0. A spring-pressed pawl or click V engages thegear wheel Vto hold the shaft 0 from rotating in a reverse directionthus allowing the spring 0 to rotate the barrel 0 for setting the clockmechanism in motion as above explained.

The operation is as follows: When the several parts of both the motionindicator and the time indicator are in normal in active position thenthe shaft B is engaged with the moving member of the machine, themotions of which are to be counted, and when this has been done theoperator pressesand releases the knob K to cause a transmission of themotionsof the shaft B to the pointers D and D to start the same'fromtheir normal zero position, at the same time the time indicator isstarted tocause the hands N and N to start from their normal Zeroposition. The operator after any desired lapse of time presses andreleases the knob K so that the motion inclicator is moved out of gearwith the shaft B and likewise the time indicator is thrown out of meshwith its motor, that is, the spring barrel 0.. The motion counter maynow be removed from the machine on which it has been applied and theoperatorcan sec at a glance how many revolutions the shaft B made in thetime indicated by the pointers N and N. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1, and aspreviously mentioned, the shaft B made 812 revolutions in 2 minutes and1 second, it being understoodthat the several parts, as shown in thedrawings, are in position after the second pressing and releasing of theknob K Inorder to reset the motion indicator and the time indicator, theoperator once more presses and releases the knob K so as to cause theresetting levers to act on their corresponding cams H and )H and S, Sfor returning the pointers D I)" and N, N to .zero position. The motioncounter is now again set for further use. It will be noticed that by thearrangement described it is not necessary for the user to apply themotion counter for a certain predetermined length of time to the machineof which the revolutions are tobe counted, itlbeing understood that itis only necessary for the operator to press it again after any desiredlength of time to obtain the desired result. It is understood that theresult obtained can be easily reduced, by. simple calculation, torevolutions per second or per minute, if desired. In the example giventhe shaft B made 6.71 revolutions per second or approximately 402revolutions per minute. After-the result has been obtained the operator,by simply pressing the knob K again, causes a resetting of the counter.

It is understood that by the arrangement described, use ismade of amotion indicator normally out of gear with the means for driving it andwhich means is actuated from a revolving or moving part of a machine onwhich the counter is applied. The motion indicator and its driving meansare connected with each other by the manually con trolled connectingmeans whenever the knob K is pressed and released once, and the ..;aidmotion indicator and its driving means are disconnected on pressing andreleasing the knob K a second. time, and on pressing the knob a thirdtime the motion indicator is reset to zero position.

The timing device consists essentially of I a time indicator includingdial. and hands adapted to be driven by a spring motor normally out ofgear with the time indicator and adapted-to be thrown in and out of gearby a connecting means controlled by the other connecting means for themotion indicator and its driving means so that both the motion indicatorand the time indicator are started and stopped flf multaneously and arealso reset to Zero position simultaneously.

It will be noticed that the motion indicator, the means for driving thesame,'the manually controlled means for connecting and disconnecting thesaid motion indicator with the driving means and the resetting devicefor the motion indicator may be used without the timing device in caseit is desired to do so.

tion indicator and the said motor with the said time indicator tosimultaneously :?'t the said motion indicator and the said Linn.indicator.

2. A motion counter, comprising a motion indicator, actuating means forthe saidv he d i ca tor and normally out of engagement with the same,the said actuating means being controlled by a moving part of a machine,a time indicator, a motor for driving the said time indicator andnormally out of engagement with the same, and connecting means adaptedto simultaneously connect the said. actuating means with the said motionindicator anl the said motor with the said time indicator tosimultaneously start the said motion indicator and the said timeindicator, the said'means on being actuated a second time simultaneouslydisconnecting the said actuating means from the motion indicator and thesaid motor from the time indicator. a

3. A motion counter, comprising'a motion indicator, actuating means forthe said indicator and normally out of engagement with the same, thesaid actuating means being controlledby a moving part of a-machine, a

- time indicator, a'motor for driving the said time indicator and;normally out of engagement with the same, connecting means adapted tosimultaneously connect the said actuating means with the said motionindicato'r and the said motor with the said time indicator tosimultaneously start the said motion indicator-and the said timeindicator, the said means "on being actuated a second timesimultaneously disconnecting the said actuating means from the motionindicator and the said motor from the time indicator, and a resettingdevice controlled by the said controlled means for simultaneouslyreturning the said motion indicator and the said time indicator to zeroposition.

4. A motion counter, comprising a motion indicator, a driving mechanismfor the said motion indicator and having a spindle adapted to be drivenfrom a machine the said driving mechanism fleeing normally disconnectedfrom the l said motion" indicator, a time indicator, a motor for v thesaid time indlcator and ,normallyout of engagement with the timeindicator, and connecting means adapted to simultaneously connect thesaid driving means with the said motion indicator and the said motorwith the said time indicator to simultaneously start the said motionindicator and the said time indicator.

5. A motion counter, comprising a motion indicator, a driving mechanismfor the said motion indicator and having a spindle adapted to be drivenfrom a machine part,

the said driving'mechanism'being normally disconnected from the saidmotion indicator, a time indicator, a motor for the said time indicatorand n rmally out of engagement with the time 'ndicator, and connectingmeans adapted to simultaneously connect the said driving means with thesaid motion indicator and the said motor with the said time indicator tosimultaneously start and stop the said motion indicator and the saidtime indicator.

6. A motion counter, comprising-a motion indicator, a time indicator,the said indicators having each a set of pointers and a dial, the latterbeing provided with two graduations, on one of which indicate thepointers of the said motion indicator and on the other graduationindicate the pointers of the said time indicator, a driving mechanismfor the said motion indicator and normally out of engagement with thesame, the driving mechanism having a member adapted to be driven by apart of a machine, a motor for driving the said time indicator, a levercarrying means for connecting the said driving mechanism with the saidmotion indicator, a second lever having means for connecting the saidmotor with the said time indicator, a cam shaft carrying cam wheelsengaged .by the said levers, and means for intermittently rotating thesaid cam shaft to actuate both levers simultaneously for starting andstopping the saidindicators.

7 A motion counter, comprising a motion indicator, a time indicator, thesaid indicators having each a set of pointers and a dial, the latterbeing provided with two graduations, on one of which indicate thepointers of the said motion indicator and on the other graduationindicate the pointers of the said time indicator, a driving mechanismfor the said motion indicator and normally out of engagement with thesame, the' driving mechanism having a member adapted to be driven by apart of amachine,

intermittently rotating the said cam shaft to actuate both leverssimultaneously for starting and stopping the said indicators, and aresetting device connected with and controlledvby the said cam wheels toreset the sets of pointers to zero. 7

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.WALLACE R. AYARS. BURT M. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. HINKLEY, ALB. DURFEE.

